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Bellarmine’s Victor Jaquez celebrates his win over Buchanan’s Trevor Ervin in a 220-pound finals match at the Mission San Jose High School Wrestling Invitational in Fremont, Calif., on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

The state’s top-ranked wrestler at 220 pounds won five matches over the weekend at the Mission San Jose tournament to claim the championship in his weight class. The final might have been a state championship preview as Jaquez defeated state No. 2 Trevor Ervin of Buchanan-Clovis 7-3. Jaquez won his four previous matches in the tournament by fall, continuing a superb season that has included wins at the Gilroy Mid-Cals and Overfelt Classic, among others.

Karisma Ortiz, Archbishop Mitty

Sport: Basketball

Position: Guard/forward

Class: Senior

Penn State-bound standout nearly had a triple-double in both games last week as the nation’s top-ranked team kept steamrolling through its competition. In a 105-66 victory over Valley Christian, Ortiz finished with 17 points, 14 assists and 11 rebounds. She followed that up by contributing 16 points on 8-of-9 shooting, 10 assists and nine rebounds in an 81-24 win over Presentation. Ortiz is averaging 14.8 points, 7.9 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game on the season.

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Anthony Torres, San Ramon Valley

Sport: Soccer

Position: Forward

Class: Senior

Helped keep San Ramon Valley in contention for its fourth consecutive league championship, scoring two goals in a 5-4 victory over Granada and then scoring his team’s only goal in a 1-1 tie against De La Salle. The Hawaii Pacific University commit leads the Wolves with six goals and 13 points on the season. San Ramon Valley, which has not lost a league match since December 2014, began this week 8-2-11 overall and 5-0-6 in the East Bay Athletic League.

Carly Agostino, Alhambra

Sport: Soccer

Position: Forward

Class: Senior

Scored three goals in a game for the fourth time this season as Alhambra tied Acalanes 3-3. Agostino also had three steals in the match. Among teams that report statistics to MaxPreps, Agostino leads the North Coast Section in points (51) and goals (23) on the season. She also had hat tricks against Hercules, El Cerrito and De Anza and has scored at least two goals in a match eight times. Her 37 steals are tied for second on the team, which began this week with an 8-7-2 overall record.

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Darren Sabedra is a sports reporter and the high school sports editor, overseeing prep coverage throughout the Bay Area. He's been with the Bay Area News Group since the early 1990s and has covered many sports beats, including Stanford football and basketball, pro baseball and the NFL.